Ticketmaster Company History

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1976	Ticketmaster was founded in Phoenix, Arizona by college staffers Albert Leffler and Peter Gadwa as well as businessman Gordon Gunn III. Albert comes up with Ticketmaster as the name for the new company
1977	Electric Light Orchestra at the University of New Mexico is Ticketmaster's first ticketed concert
1978	First international clients signed in Oslo, Norway Louisiana Superdome is the first major venue signed First major league team signed is NBA New Orleans Jazz (now Utah Jazz)
1980	The first Canadian client is signed with National Arts Centre in Ottawa
1981	Ticketmaster UK is established in the heart of London's West End above the Albery Theatre
1982	Fred Rosen appointed Ticketmaster's CEO and moves the company to Los Angeles, where its HQ is still based today
1983	Ticketmaster signs Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and LA Forum, LA Lakers and LA Kings Deal signed with Arsenal, the longest standing client of the company
1984	New Ticketmaster logo launches
1987	Ticketmaster Canada established in Toronto
1988	Ticketing operations launch in Australia

2000	Online account management for season ticket sales debuts for Dallas Mavericks Print-at-home TicketFast® online ticket delivery service debuts for Staples Center TicketWeb, VISTA, and Admission Canada acquired
2001	Reserve America acquired Ticketmaster launches in Norway Deal with Clear Channel (now Live Nation) first penned to provide ticketing for their events. As part of the deal, a small call center in Manchester was acquired
2002	Ticketmaster tickets the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games Ticketmaster launches in the Netherlands and Denmark Word verification added to online transactions to prevent automated access Season ticket holder resale and forwarding services debut for Columbus Blue Jackets
2003	First-ever online auction conducted for Lewis/Johnson heavyweight championship for AEG and Staples Center Ticketmaster becomes wholly-owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp
2004	Sweden and Finland launch Ticketmaster tickets the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
2005	TicketExchange resale service debuts Ticketmaster New Zealand and Ticketmaster Germany established
2006	Spain and Turkey launch First Ticketmaster Auction launched in the UK with the Guinness Premiership Final The successful launch of mobile ticketing with MobileTicket at the O2 Wireless Festival Ticketmaster tickets the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
2007	More than two million free iTunes songs given to Ticketmaster.com customers Ticket resale partnerships established with NBA, NFL and NHL
2008	Gehua Ticketmaster tickets the 2008 Beijing Olympics Online resale marketplaces TicketsNow in the US and GET ME IN! in the UK acquired Ticketmaster launches VIP packages Paperless tickets debut in the UK with Metallica at the O2 Arena - the largest ever Paperless event with over 18,000 attending Paperless Ticket™ launches in the US for Tom Waits tour Ticketmaster spins out from IAC, begins trading on NASDAQ under the ticker TKTM Ticketmaster and Rim partner to bring mobile ticket purchasing to Blackberry Ticketmaster partners with Yahoo! Ticketmaster acquires Front Line Management, becomes Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.
2009	Ticketmaster appointed official ticketing services provider for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ticketmaster surpasses sales of one million Paperless tickets Ticketmaster UK sells record-breaking number of tickets for Michael Jackson's 50-date residency at the O2. Following the singer's death, all tickets can either be kept at full cost by fans or are refunded
2010	Ticketmaster Entertainment and Live Nation merge to form Live Nation Entertainment

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